Sandwich, IL
Sandwich, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Sandwich at the 8th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 3,335 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sandwich at the 9th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Where Sandwich's buildings actually sit
Most of Sandwich's buildings (92.8% of 3,335) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Sandwich against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Sandwich ranks higher (39th percentile) than it does nationally (8th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sandwich ranks 28,895 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,999 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 890 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 8th national percentile, Sandwich rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Sandwich
With 92.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Sandwich gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,335 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sandwich. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Sandwich, see the exposure-zones guide.